Some Long Past Due Updates!

 We've been working away on the house!  I'll add some pictures and explanations to catch up a little bit!










We put beadboard over the plaster ceiling in kitchen and framed it in and painted it a very light blue.  

Pete took out the bottom portion of the walls and updated the plumbing and electrical and then added new drywall.

After pulling up tons of staples and nails, he sanded the kitchen floors down and put polyurethane on them.  While he was at it, he lightly sanded the dining room floor and put one coat in there.  So we decided we will do that to the entire downstairs.  We think maybe carpet was pulled up soon before the home was listed.  It seems to have protected the floors well!

The kitchen was a blank slate at last!  We were just waiting on the cabinets to arrive!



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